William Banks (cricketer) explained

William John Banks (25 April 1822 – 17 January 1901) was a Welsh-born English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and the amateur Gentlemen of Kent teams in the 1840s.^[1] He was born at Swansea and died at Oxney Court near Dover in Kent.

As a cricketer played 10 first-class matches between 1843 and 1848. His highest innings was a score of 38 when he opened the batting with his brother, Edward, for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1845.^[2] His Wisden obituary quoted from Scores and Biographies which described him as "a hard hitter and an active field".^[3]

Banks was the grandson of Sir Edward Banks who built the 19th century London Bridge.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: William Banks . www.cricketarchive.com . 29 July 2016.
2. Web site: Scorecard: Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Kent . 30 June 1845 . www.cricketarchive.com . 30 July 2016.
3. Book: . 1902 . . Deaths in 1901 . lviii .
4. News: Death of an old Cricketer . . 39168 . 15 . London . 13 January 1910 . Reference cites the obituary of his brother.
5. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 41–42. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 6 August 2022.)